Plays

KODS Present ‘Nell Gwynn’ by Jessica Swale Wednesday 20th to Saturday 23rd September 2017 at the Rose Theatre Kidderminster Director: Tom Paine Winner of the 2016 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy London, 1660. King Charles II has exploded onto the scene with a love of all things loud, extravagant and sexy. And at Drury [...]

KODS Present ‘Play On!’ by Rick Abbott Wednesday 21st to Saturday 24th September 2016 at the Rose Theatre Kidderminster Director: John Jones KODS continue their centenary celebrations with Rick Abbot’s hilarious story of another theatre group trying desperately to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from a haughty author who keeps revising [...]

KODS Present ‘Pardon Me, Prime Minister’ by Edward Taylor and John Graham Wednesday 9th to Saturday 12th September 2015 at the Rose Theatre Kidderminster Director: Pat Scully KODS present this wickedly funny play that takes place in the Prime Minister’s office at 10 Downing Street as he and the Chancellor are preparing a severely puritanical [...]

KODS Present ‘Stepping Out’ by Richard Harris Tuesday 9th to Saturday 13th September 2014 at the Rose Theatre Kidderminster Director: Pat Scully KODS presents this rollicking comedy about the attempts of some working class amateurs to overcome their inhibitions and left feet in a low-rent dance studio in North London. Mavis, a former professional chorus [...]

KODS Present ‘Bedroom Farce’ by Alan Ayckbourn Wednesday 18th to Saturday 21st September 2013 at the Rose Theatre Kidderminster Director: John Jones KODS are proud to present the hilarious comedy by Alan Ayckbourn – Bedroom Farce, in association with Samuel French ltd. Trevor and Susannah, whose marriage is on the rocks, inflict their miseries on [...]

KODS Presented ‘Calendar Girls’ by Tim Firth Tuesday 18th to Saturday 22nd September 2012 at the Rose Theatre Kidderminster Directed by Pat Scully A group of extraordinary women, members of a very ordinary Yorkshire WI, spark a global phenomenon by persuading one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference! As interest snowballs [...]

KODS Presented ‘Death by Fatal Murder’ by Peter Gordon 21st to 24th September 2011 at The Rose Theatre Kidderminster Directed by Pat Scully Pratt is back! Inspector Pratt’s record of crime detection at Bagshot House is not enviable. In his previous visit, the body count mounted disastrously as he looked on helpless and hopeless! Now [...]

KODS Presented ‘Noises Off’ by Michael Frayn Monday 13th to Saturday 18th September 2010 at the Rose Theatre Kidderminster Directed by Pat Scully ‘Noises Off’ – a farce about a farce. The play opens with a touring company dress-rehearsing ‘Nothing On’, a conventional farce. Mixing mockery and homage, Michael Frayn heaps into this play-within-a-play a [...]

KODS Presented ‘Secondary Cause of Death’ by Peter Gordon 1st to 4th October 2008 at The Rose Theatre Kidderminster Directed by Pat Scully From the author of Murdered to Death, which we staged last year, came the eagerly anticipated sequel. It is now 1939, and storm clouds are gathering over Europe. Having inherited Bagshot House, [...]

KODS Presented ‘Murdered to Death’ by Peter Gordon 12th to 15th September 2007 at The Rose Theatre Kidderminster Directed by Pat Scully Our Play in 2007 was the hilarious comedy, “Murdered To Death” by Peter Gordon. It had a cast of baddies, a pretend Frenchman, an elderly aunt and concerned niece – plus various other [...]